Lamentations 3:17

17 I have been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.

Lamentations 3:17 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity.
English Standard Version (ESV)
17 my soul is bereft of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is;
New Living Translation (NLT)
17 Peace has been stripped away, and I have forgotten what prosperity is.
The Message Bible (MSG)
17 I gave up on life altogether. I've forgotten what the good life is like.
American Standard Version (ASV)
17 And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
17 "My soul has been kept from enjoying peace. I have forgotten what happiness is.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
17 My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
17 I have lost all hope of ever having any peace. I've forgotten what good times are like.

Lamentations 3:17 Meaning and Commentary

Lamentations 3:17

And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace
From the time the city was besieged by the Chaldeans, and now the people was carried captive; who could have no true peace, being in a foreign land, in an enemy's country, and out of their own, and far from the place of divine worship; nor could the prophet have any peace of soul, in the consideration of these things, the city, temple, and nation, being desolate, though he himself was not in captivity. I forgat prosperity;
or "good" F17; he had been so long from the enjoyment of it, that he had lost the idea of it, and was thoughtless about it, never expecting to see it any more.


FOOTNOTES:

F17 (hbwj) "bonorum", V. L. "boni", Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Michaelis.

Lamentations 3:17 In-Context

15 He has filled me with bitter herbs and given me gall to drink.
16 He has broken my teeth with gravel; he has trampled me in the dust.
17 I have been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.
18 So I say, “My splendor is gone and all that I had hoped from the LORD.”
19 I remember my affliction and my wandering, the bitterness and the gall.
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